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5 Unexpected Ways to Use Tile in Your Home

Architectural Ceramics

January 2016 – Rockville, MD – Tile is everywhere. Unless you’re a cowboy, you probably see tile on a daily basis. The utility of tile in residential and commercial spaces provides a ubiquitous flora and fauna of shapes, texture, and color to the masses. Tile and installing it really is an art-form.

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The Saarinen House

The Perfect Bath

He cleverly wove decorative elements of brick, stone, tile, metal and wood into the interiors. The tile was designed by Eliel and crafted by the Pewabic Pottery in Detroit, which was unusual for them as they were known for their glaze variations. The master bath is dramatic tan and black ceramic installed on a grid.

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A Visit to Fellow BarberNew to the mid-Market area in downtown.

Heath Ceramics

This marks Fellow Barber’s second location in San Francisco (in addition to 3 in New York and 1 in Detroit), and it’s easy to see why men are willing to stand in line for a chance to get groomed here. Founder Sam Buffa designed the space himself and knew from the beginning he wanted to use Heath tile.

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Janet Bennett: A Life in Design

Making Tile Modern

But perhaps the question should have been, “are you the artist who designed the iconic tile murals in the Los Angeles Airport?”. Bennett grew up in Detroit; her father was a painter. Modwalls Brio Blend Glass Tiles. The tiles for the San Francisco murals were ceramic , as opposed to the Italian glass used at the airport.”

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People making a difference 2023

Floor Covering News

facility as a plant manager (also a plant that AHF Products now owns) where we currently make vinyl composition tile. Since then, he has been certified in all carpet categories, hardwood, laminate, LVP 1-11 and ceramic I. Next he became a plant manager in Lancaster before moving to the (then Armstrong World Industries) Kankakee, Ill.,

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Back to Bachor

Diary of a Tile Addict

Tile Addict is revisiting a few vigilante ceramic artists that have been previously featured on the site. A piece was created in her memory in September 2018 in Detroit. A new post for Diary of a Tile Addict, March 2019. Bachor, Pretty Trashed, Ramen Noodles (Chicken) 2017. Bachor, Murals in the Market, Aretha 2018.